Cheech Marin

Cheech and Chong had their homework cut out for them in preparing for their big reunion tour. It had been 23 years since the release of their last album â€“ 1985â€™s â€œGet Out of My Room,â€ which featured the single â€œBorn in East L.A.â€ â€“ and theyâ€™d pretty much forgotten all their classic comedic bits.

â€œWe had to go on YouTube and find out what our act used to be,â€ Tommy Chong admitted to the crowd on Saturday night (Nov. 22) at the Berkeley Community Theatre.

The duo obviously put a lot of effort into its studies. Cheech and Chongâ€™s approximately 90-minute concert served as a fine stroll down Mary Jane Memory Lane, through many of the jokes, gags and bits from their classic albums and films of the â€˜70s and early â€˜80s. The show drew big laughs from the stoner-humor fan base, of which there is apparently a very sizable contingent in the Bay Area.Continue Reading →